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The symbol <syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">:</syntaxhighlight>, pronounced “colon”, is used in [[Pascal]] in several ways:
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The symbol <syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" inline>:</syntaxhighlight>, pronounced “colon”, is used in [[Pascal]] in several ways:
  
* in an [[Identifier|identifier]] declaration it seperates the [[Type|type]]
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* in an [[Identifier|identifier]] declaration it separates the [[Type|type]]
** most notably in [[Var|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">var</syntaxhighlight>]] sections
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** most notably in [[Var|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" inline>var</syntaxhighlight>]] sections
** but also in [[Const|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">const</syntaxhighlight>]] sections (in case of ''explicitely'' typed constants)
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** but also in [[Const|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" inline>const</syntaxhighlight>]] sections (in case of ''explicitely'' typed constants)
** [[Procedure|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">procedure</syntaxhighlight>]] and [[Function|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">function</syntaxhighlight>]] parameters have a type, too
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** [[Procedure|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" inline>procedure</syntaxhighlight>]] and [[Function|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" inline>function</syntaxhighlight>]] parameters have a type, too
 
** and return values of functions (including operator overloads)
 
** and return values of functions (including operator overloads)
 
** as well as [[Property|properties]]
 
** as well as [[Property|properties]]
 
** in general, everywhere where a new identifier associated with some memory, is introduced (also custom structured type definitions)
 
** in general, everywhere where a new identifier associated with some memory, is introduced (also custom structured type definitions)
* in [[Case|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">case</syntaxhighlight>]] selectors it closes a match-list
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* in [[Case|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" inline>case</syntaxhighlight>]] selectors it closes a match-list
 
* in [[Label|label]] definitions the colon seperates the instruction from the label name
 
* in [[Label|label]] definitions the colon seperates the instruction from the label name
* also some routines, especially the [[Str|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">Str</syntaxhighlight>]], [[Write|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">write</syntaxhighlight>]] and <syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">writeLn</syntaxhighlight> procedures accept further parameters via colon separated arguments
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* also some routines, especially the [[Str|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" inline>Str</syntaxhighlight>]], [[Write|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" inline>write</syntaxhighlight>]] and <syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" inline>writeLn</syntaxhighlight> procedures accept further parameters via colon separated arguments
* Offset / segment separation under DOS <syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">Mem[$B800:$0000]</syntaxhighlight>
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* Offset / segment separation under DOS <syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" inline>Mem[$B800:$0000]</syntaxhighlight>
  
 
The following example shows the most prevalent usage scenarios:
 
The following example shows the most prevalent usage scenarios:
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== other remarks ==
 
== other remarks ==
* Colon appears in the assignment operator [[Becomes|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">:=</syntaxhighlight>]].
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* Colon appears in the assignment operator [[Becomes|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" inline>:=</syntaxhighlight>]].
* In [[ASCII]] the character colon <syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">:</syntaxhighlight> has the value <syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">58</syntaxhighlight>.
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* In [[ASCII]] the character colon <syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" inline>:</syntaxhighlight> has the value <syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" inline>58</syntaxhighlight>.
  
  

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The symbol :, pronounced “colon”, is used in Pascal in several ways:

  • in an identifier declaration it separates the type
    • most notably in var sections
    • but also in const sections (in case of explicitely typed constants)
    • procedure and function parameters have a type, too
    • and return values of functions (including operator overloads)
    • as well as properties
    • in general, everywhere where a new identifier associated with some memory, is introduced (also custom structured type definitions)
  • in case selectors it closes a match-list
  • in label definitions the colon seperates the instruction from the label name
  • also some routines, especially the Str, write and writeLn procedures accept further parameters via colon separated arguments
  • Offset / segment separation under DOS Mem[$B800:$0000]

The following example shows the most prevalent usage scenarios:

 1program colonDemo(input, output, stderr);
 2
 3procedure numberReport(const i: int64);
 4begin
 5	case i of
 6		low(i)..-1:
 7		begin
 8			writeLn('Your number is negative. ☹');
 9		end;
10		1..high(i):
11		begin
12			// right aligns to a width of 24 characters
13			writeLn(i:24);
14		end;
15		else
16		begin
17			writeLn('You''ve entered zero.');
18		end;
19	end;
20end;
21
22var
23	i: int64;
24
25begin
26	writeLn('Enter a number:');
27	readLn(i);
28	numberReport(i);
29end.

other remarks

  • Colon appears in the assignment operator :=.
  • In ASCII the character colon : has the value 58.



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